Means for attaching buttons to garments



June 19, 1928.

WITNESS:

A. DE HERTELENDY MEANS FOR ATTACHING BUTTONS T0 GARMENTS Filed Aug. 9,1926 Jada) defiErZeZe/mg- INVENTOR ATTOR N EY Patented June 19, p 1928.

- UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

'Annon DE HER'IELENDY, or WASHINGTON, nrs'rnlcrr'or COLUMBIA.

MEANS FOR ATTACHING BUTTONS T0 GARMENTS.

Application filed August 9,1926. Serial No. 128,215]

A furtherobject is to attach a thread to several cloth puncturingdevices, and to the button, and mount the puncturing devices in a boxlike element, for safety, and for the purpose of providing guiding andholding means whereby the puncturing"devices are properly positionedwith reference to the buttons, the application of pressure which istransmitted to the puncturing means, permitting the thread to bedrawn'thru the fabricv or garment, and tobe retained by tying or thelike.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe novel construction and arrangement of elements described,illustrated and claimed, it being understood that modifications may be'made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spiritof the invention.

In the drawings forming part of this application, V I

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing a button with a threadv appliedthereto and extending in the form of a plurality of loops to thepuncturing devices, the latter being carried by a tubular element, to becollapsed and discarded during the operation of securing the button. 7

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the elements of Figure 1, withthe exception of the tubular member, and showingmore fully the needlesor puncturing devices.

Figure 3 is a view in vertical section thru the elements of Figure 1. I

Figure 4 shows a portion of the fabric or garment in section, and showspressure being applied to the button for the purpose of forcing thepuncturing devices thru the fabric.

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view of the arrangement shown in Figure 4.

Figure 6 shows the use of an element thru which the puncturing devicesare passed just after passing thru the garment,this ele ment beinggrasped by the hand, in order to draw the threads thru the fabric of thearment.

The button to be applied is designated 10,

and the latter may be secured byand is providedwith the usual holes 11for the insertion of the thread, it being under stood that any style ofbutton may be em ployed, and'that the number of apertures 11 is notmaterial.

The thread 12 is to be in a single length,

if desired, and is designed to be passed thru the holes 11, and thru eyeportions of the puncturing devices, in the manner illustrated inFigures'l, 2 and 3, several loops being formed. This threading operationis cary ried outat the button factory or elsewhere, prior to packing thebuttonsfor sale. However, buttons may be purchased inthe usual manner,and attached by the purchaser to arrangement should be preferred.

The needles or puncturing devices a redesignated 14, and each includesaneye member 15, a point 16, and a slight projection or barb 17. A tubularelement 18 ofpaper or the like carries two partitions or diaphragms 19and 20, any suitable number being provided, and the needles 14 arepassed thru or partly thru the elements 19 and 20, in order that thebuttons may be sold or placed in condition for use, in the .mannerillustrated in Figure 3. The tubular or cylindrical elements 18 providemounting elements, safety attachments, and guiding means for theneedles, in order that the latter may be held in correct relativeposition; Said element 18 is to be discarded when it has serveditspurpose, as indicated below. a v

The button 10 is applied by producing pressure thereon as indicated inFigure 4, and collapsing the paper element 18, the underside of thebutton engaging the eye portions 15 of the needles, and forcing thelatter thru the fabric or portion 22 of the garmentto which the buttonis to be applied. I

An element 23 of sheet material, or of fabricis applied beneath theelement 22, and the needles are forced thru both of said elements 22 and23, and the latter is then grasped by the hand, as for instance in themanner shown in Figure 6, and when said element 28 is pulled away fromelement 22, the needles or puncturing devices will be drawn entirelythru the fabric 22 of the garment, the barbs 17 being engaged by member23, designed especially for use as indicated, with the view ofdiscarding the needle-pulling fabric when the threads have caused thebutton 10 the puncturing devices, in the event thatthis to come toproper position with reference to the outer surface of fabric 22.

The tubular element 18 is discarded at the proper time, and the threador threads, or those portions thereof projecting from the under side ofthe fabric 22, are to be secured by tying,the hooks, puncturing devicesor needles, being separated by cutting the threads at the proper pointor points. A sutlicient length of thread extends from the upper surfaceof the fabric 22, as shown for instance at the left in lFigure 4-, andalso in Figure 6, so that this portion, or these portions, may be woundaround the threads which have been carried thru the fabric 22, andsecured by tying, this operation corresponding with that usually carriedout by a tailor or seamstress, when providing a neck portion for thesecuring means, between the button and the fabric, to which the buttonis secured.

It is obvious that the devices employed temporarily in connection withthe operation for securing the button, may be varied, so far as materialor structure are concerned, and that the particular type of puncturingdevices may also be varied, within the scope of the claims.

Having described the invention What is claimed is:'

1. In an article of the class described," a

substantially flat apertured member, a plurality of pointed devices eachincluding an eye portion, and a thread passing in loop form thru theapertured member and depending therefrom in a plurality of loops, thethread passing thru the eye portions of the pointed devices, the eyeportions being adapted and positioned for engagement by the aperturedmember, and each defining a ring-like structure.

2. In means of the class described, a plurality of pointed devicesconstituting needles, each of the needles including an eye portion,threads passing thru the eye portions and extending therefrom in loopform, and an element including outer walls and transverse needle guidingmembers, the outer walls defining a boxlike structure in which the endsof the needles are received in spaced relation.

3. In an article of the class described, a substantially flat aperturedmember, a pinrality of pointed devices each including an eye portion, acollapsible tubular device for mounting the pointed devices in spacedrelation, adjacent to the apertured member, and a thread passing in loopform thru the eye portions of the pointed devices, and adapted to passthru the apertured member.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ANDOR DE i-IERTE'LENDY,

